Tom Withers has been the Associated Press sports writer in Cleveland, Ohio for the better part of three decades. He has scored numerous scoops and continues on a day-to-day basis as one of the most respected sports voices in the business. Before he became a full-time sports writer, Tom worked in what could be described as Ground Zero concerning the Aids epidemic in the late 1980s. How did that experience shape him? How does he cultivate sources. (As cover art shows, he has had a long professional relationship with LeBron James.). I’ve long respected Tom’s work and it was great just to sit down and shoot the breeze with him about a myriad of subjects. You can find him on Twitter ( X) @twithers.